Self-feeder and drinking-fountain for poultry.



J. SOHLIOHTINGER.

.SELF FEEDER AND DRINKING FOUNTAIN FOR POULTRY.

APPLICATION FILED NOV.4, 1913.

1 ,09 1 ,39 2, Patented Mar. 24, 1914,

JOSEPH SCHLICHTING-ER, OF ATLANTA, GEORGIA.

SELF-FEEDER AND DRINKING-FOUNTAIN FOR POULTRY.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Mar. 24, 1914.

Application filed November 4, 1913. Serial No. 799,245.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, JOSEPH SCHLICHTIN- GER, asubject of the Emperor of Austria- Hungary, resident of Atlanta, in thecounty of Fulton and State of Georgia, have made a certain new anduseful Invention in Self- Feeders and Drinking-Fountains for Poultry;and I declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact descriptionof the same, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it apertains to make and use the invention, re erence being had to theaccompanying drawings, and to letters or figures of reference markedthereon, which form a part of thisspecificat-ion.

Figure 1 is a side view of the invention partly in section. Fig. 2 is aplan view of the invention with jar removed. Fig. 3 is a detail sideview of the lower portion of the feeder, with the inner ring removed.Fig. 4 is a detail side View of the inner ring.

The object of the invention is to provide an improved poultry feedingtrough and fountain, and the invention consists in the novelconstruction and combinations of parts, as hereinafter set forth.

In the accompanying drawings, the numeral 2, designates the inward andupward inclined conical base of the trough, which is preferably ofcircular form, having a cylindric al wall '3, rising vertically an inchor so from the edge ot the inclined base to which it is attached. Fromthe top of this vertical wall 3, extends u ward and inward over theouter portion ot the conical base, an inclined conical wall 4 of thetrough, which terminates at the top of a circular seat 5, above thecentral and higher portion of the inclined base. The inclination of thiswall 4, is about forty-five degrees, and its breadth is sutficient forthe circular feed apertures 6, which are made through this wall. Theconical base serves to cause the grain or feed to take position near theapertures of the inclined wall, which are located over the outer orlower portion of the conical base. The upper edge of this inclined wallis provided with substantially horizontal lugs or bearings 7 whichproject outward and are separated by disengagement intervals betweentheir ends.

Within the circular seat 5, is a detachable concave or inward inclinedcircular connec tion or supportin ring 8, having similarly separatedoutward pro ecting catches 9, attached to its upper edge portion andadapted larger fowl.

apertures also tends to prevent the feed from bymeans of hook shapedflanges to engage the bearings 7, of the inclined wall 4, when turned inone direction. But when turned in the opposite direction, to bring theflanges to the intervals between the lugs 7, the supporting ring 8,becomes disengaged, so that the parts of the device can be thoroughlyposition bottom upward, so that whatever grain or other small feed, orwater has been placed in the jar, will feed downward upon the conicalbottom or base 2, whereby it will be guided downward and outward toposition under the inclined wall 4. To this end, the ring 8, issupported to extend downward within the trough so that its lower edge islocated above the conical base a short distance, about a quarter of aninch more or less whereby a narrow circumferential feed passage isrovided from the jar. to the outer portion of the trough chamber.

This feeder is designed for cleanliness, especially in the fact that theinclination of its aperture wall is such as to prevent. the chickensfrom standing thereon, which they would do if a foothold were to be had.The inclination of the wall 4, is otherwise important, because the feedapertures can be.

made of exact size to admit the heads of little chickens, and to excludethe heads of The inclined position of the being scratched out. By theuse of this device, where the feed apertures are made of small size, itis designed to prevent the loss of many small chickens, as it is verdifficult to separate them from larger fow It will tend also to keepthem in good health and condition; as the larger fowl cannot in terfereand take up the feed.

I claim:

1. In a feeder for poultry, a trough having an'upward and inwardinclined conical base connected to a vertical circular wall, an upwardand inward inclined circular extension of said wall having a series ofinclinedcircular feed apertures, and in separable engagement with saidextension a downward and inward inclined supportin ring extending belowthe top of the conica loase andprovided with means for engaging afountain jar. 1

2. A feeder for poultry, comprising a cylindrical trough having anupward and inward inclined conical base; an upward and inward inclinedcircular wall over said base provided with inclined circular feedapertures, a central opening and catch devices around said opening, areservoir having its mouth portion projecting downward within thetroughbelow the top of the conical base,

and a downward and inward inclined supporting ring having lower means ofengagement with the reservoir mouth portlon and upper catch devicesseparablyengaging the catch devices of the inclined circular wall of thetrough.

Inytestimony whereof I aflix my signature, in presence of two witnesses.

JOSEPH SOHLICHTINGER. .Witnesses:

N. H. GILES, J. E. FITZPA'IRICK.

